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This section of eFinancialCareers includes all our accounting and finance jobs. This is a broad area, including finance and accounting jobs within corporates, within private practice firms and the Big Four (Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers) and within financial services firms and investment banks.

Within the financial services sector, investment banks hire accountants; so do retail banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, insurance companies and fund managers. Companies in all sectors also recruit accountants to help them manage costs and revenues, calculate profits and losses, plan for the future and calculate their tax liabilities.

Within investment banks, accountants occupy numerous different roles. These include: Product control (accountants monitor profits and losses made on products bought and sold on the trading floor); financial control (accountants analyse the bank's overall performance. They produce month-end, quarterly, half-yearly and annual reports); internal audit (accountants responsible for checking that financial systems and controls within the organization are being complied with); regulatory accounting (accountants ensure that the way the bank reports its financial activity complies with the legal rules and regulations of the countries it trades in) and treasury (accountants structure the bank's financial affairs often working with colleagues in tax so that sufficient cash is available to meet its liabilities).

The vast majority of accounting careers are within the industry and commerce sector. These accountants are divided roughly into two areas. Firstly, Financial Accountants, who produce monthly statements, keep track of financial transactions and meet financial legislation requirements. Secondly, management accountants, who review the operating performance, look at underlying trends, and advise managers. Increasingly, management accountants also interpret and advise on these figures and how they may affect the business. The main management accounting qualification is run by CIMA. More common for financial accountants is the Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification, or an ACCA.

Within the Big Four Accounting firms (PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young), not surprisingly, there are a wide variety of jobs in accounting. These include: auditing (accountants conduct financial reviews of companies), consultancy - also called advisory (accountants offering strategic advice to clients on everything from risk systems to company strategy), forensic accounting (accountants investigating improper practice), insolvency and recovery (accountants working to turn companies around); and tax accountancy (accountants managing the tax liabilities of companies and individuals). Alongside the Big Four is an array of mid-sized and smaller accounting firms which also employ accountants, but typically offer a more restricted range of services.

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Audit Manager - Insurance - Edinburgh Real Staffing GBP35000 - GBP55000 per annum + Bonus +... UK-Edinburgh 21 May 13

Based in Edinburgh, this will be an opportunity to build your own internal network, and also take on leadershi...

Senior Internal Audit Manager Global Jobs Network £70k - £80k plus car allowance and benef... UK-Edinburgh 21 May 13

The Internal Audit Team is responsible for the audit of all business areas within this highly regarded financi...

Head of ALM Global Jobs Network £90K - £110K plus benefits UK-Edinburgh 21 May 13

Our client, a leading financial services organisation is seeking a high calibre individual to lead the Asset a...

Internal Audit Manager Global Jobs Network £45k - £55k plus excellent benefits UK-Edinburgh 21 May 13

An expanding and highly commercial financial services business, based in Edinburgh, is looking to recruit an I...

Category Manager Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited GBP35000 - GBP50000 per annum UK-Edinburgh 21 May 13

Category Management Position available in Edinburgh City Centre with a very fast paced and changing financial ...

Financial Control Manager (Adam & Company) RBS Group £Competitive, plus 30% cash & benefits p... UK-Edinburgh 20 May 13

We''ve an excellent opportunity for an experienced Financial Control Manager / Financial Accountant to join ou...

TAX ANALYST Core Asset Consulting Competitive UK-Edinburgh 17 May 13

One of our clients, a highly successful financial services company in Edinburgh has an exciting new position a...

FUND REPORTING ACCOUNTANT Core Asset Consulting Competitive UK-Edinburgh 17 May 13

A new opportunity has become available for a Fund Reporting Accountant with one of our successful financial se...

FUND ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR Core Asset Consulting Competitive UK-Edinburgh 17 May 13

Our client has a requirement for a Fund Accounting Supervisor to join their reporting team on a permanent basi...

Credit Cards - Senior Business Analyst Harvey Nash Scotland 50000 - 65000 DOE UK-Edinburgh 14 May 13

Senior Business Analyst - Edinburgh City Centre - Credit Cards

Project Manager - Banking - Funds Orgtel GBP200 - GBP400 per day UK-Edinburgh 14 May 13

An investment bank based in numerous locations in Scotland are looking to hire several Project Managers with f...

Finance Business Anlayst Harvey Nash Scotland £24,000 - £28,000 DOE UK-Edinburgh 14 May 13

Finance Business Anlayst - Pricing and Analytics - Edinburgh - Permanent

GFS UK Wealth Centrals Financial Control Manager RBS Group £Competitive, plus cash and benefits UK-Edinburgh 14 May 13

We''ve an excellent opportunity for a Financial Accountant / Financial Control Manager to join the GFS (Global...

Group Reporting Manager RBS Group £Competitve, plus cash and benefits UK-Edinburgh 13 May 13

We''ve an opportunity as a Group Reporting Manager / Financial Reporting Manager for our GFS (Global Finance S...

Financial Fund Reporting Manager Change International Negotiable UK-Edinburgh 08 May 13

Our client, a leading investment institution, is seeking a Financial Fund Reporting Manager to work within the...

Senior Analyst / Senior Finance Analyst RBS Group £Competitive plus 25% cash and benefits... UK-Edinburgh 01 May 13

We''re looking for a Senior Analyst / Senior Finance Analyst to join our Global Finance Services (GFS) UK divi...

Finance Director Munro Group Six figure salary plus benefits UK-Edinburgh 29 Apr 13

Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), formed in 2012 by the merger of Barony, Elmwood and Oatridge Colleges with th...

Compliance Audit Manager RBS Group £Competitive plus 25% cash and benefits... UK-Edinburgh 25 Apr 13

Trustee & Depositary Services (TDS), part of our Funds Services business, has an excellent opportunity for an ...

Risk and Control Analyst Not Disclosed £Competitive plus 25% cash and benefits... UK-Edinburgh 25 Apr 13

We''ve an opportunity for a Risk & Control Analyst to join our Global Finance Services (GFS) division at The R...

Business Intelligence Manager RBS Group Competitive UK-Edinburgh 24 Apr 13

We are recruiting a Business Intelligence Manager / Technical Accountant for our Business Services Finance (BS...

Senior Audit Manager - Technology (Retail & Commercial) RBS Group £Competitive plus 30% cash and benefits... UK-Edinburgh 23 Apr 13

We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Audit Manager - Technology (Retail & Commercial), to join our Gr...

Senior Audit Manager - Technology (Infrastructure) RBS Group £Competitive plus 30% cash and benefits... UK-Edinburgh 23 Apr 13

We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Audit Manager - Technology (Infrastructure), to join our Group I...

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